Two months after the show, here's a follow-up episode, in which you can hear a recording of a conference paper I gave at the University of Kent on 14 January.

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Episode 21 Conference Paper

An audio recording of the second half of my show, performed at the Gulbenkian, Canterbury on 6th December 2015. For the first half, see the previous episode of this podcast. A video of the show should be posted online some time in January, so you may want to wait for that instead.

Episode 20 Second Half

An audio recording of the first half of my show, performed at the Gulbenkian, Canterbury on 6th December 2015. The second half will follow in the next episode. A video of the show should be posted online some time in January, so you may want to wait for that instead.

Episode 19 First Half

So, the show happened. This episode was recorded immediately before the show started, at the interval and two days afterwards. So now you can find out how it all went. How many people came to see it? Did they enjoy it? And at the end of it all, did I think the months of work that had gone into it were worth it?

Episode 18 After the Show

The final episode before I perform the show itself, this features various bits of audio from the few days building up to the final event. There's a tiny snatch of rehearsal footage, plus bits of reflection recorded at various times, and even snatches from an appearance on BBC Radio Kent talking to Lembit Opik. It's a right old sound collage.

Episode 17 Last Leg

Here I talk about the poster for the show. In the process, I touch on such issues as visual design, digital vs. analogue, hand-drawn lettering vs. chunky sans serif fonts, portrait vs. landscape, and the general concept of visual design in stand-up comedy. In the course of all this, there's a passing mention of Ross Noble.

Episode 16 Poster

Here I talk about - and play - the song that will close the show. It's a serious song rather than a comedy number, and as such it's pretty much the only bit of actual material that I'm happy to give away here before I perform the show.

Episode 15 Half Century Man

Here I talk about the emotional effects of struggling to put together a new full-length stand-up show. And I refer to a bit of academic research published nearly 40 years ago, featuring an interview with a successful comedy writer who describes pretty much exactly what I'm going through right now.

Episode 14 That Difficult Phase

I've recorded a theme tune for my upcoming stand-up show BREAK A LEG (at the Gulbenkian, Canterbury on 6th December). In this episode, I explain why I've recorded a theme tune, and why I think it's going to make an important contribution to the start of the show. AND I PLAY YOU THE ACTUAL FREAKIN' THEME TUNE! Check it out, it rocks!

Episode 13: Theme Tune

I finally get down to it and spend an entire day rehearsing the show. But what are the pros and cons of rehearsing stand-up comedy? Have a listen, and I'll tell you my thoughts on the subject. Meanwhile, it's less than three weeks until I perform my show. Scary!

Episode 12: Rehearsing

In this double length episode, I interview my wife Jacqui about the femur-shattering accident that inspired my upcoming stand-up show, to be performed at the Gulbenkian, Canterbury on 6th December.

Episode 11 Jacqui

Just before starting to finish writing the show, I take 15 minutes out to try and explain precisely why I'm doing this podcast. What's the point of trying to document something as immediate and ephemeral as stand-up comedy? And why might it be interesting to listen to a podcast about the process of making a new stand-up show? Have a listen, and find out why I'm archiving the shit out of this show.

Episode 10 - Why Document?

Here I spend pretty much an entire weekend trying to write my upcoming stand-up show, Break a Leg. Will I finish it? Listen and find out!

Episode 09: Writing Weekend

Here I interview my younger son, Tom, about the events surrounding my femur-smashing tumble on the pavement which inspired my upcoming stand-up show, Break a Leg.

Episode 08: Tom

Here I discuss how I'm using the fact that I compere our student comedy night, Monkeyshine, in order to get up to match fitness for my big stand-up show, Break a Leg. WARNING: CONTAINS LIVE AUDIO OF ME PERFORMING VARIABLE QUALITY STAND-UP.

Episode 07 Monkeyshine Match Fitness

A podcast about the making of Oliver Double's forthcoming stand-up comedy show Break a Leg

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